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In this clip from Ask N.T. Wright Anything, Michael Bird and Tom Wright explore the relationship between Scripture, canon formation, church tradition, and the Old Testament used by the early church.

Topics include:
What the Septuagint is and why it mattered
Why the New Testament often quotes the Greek Old Testament
Whether Christians should read the Apocrypha
The difference between canonical and “deuterocanonical” books
How books like Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach shaped first-century Jewish thought
Why Protestants and Catholics differ on biblical canon
How the early church understood scriptural authority

Tom Wright also explains why reading the Apocrypha can help modern Christians better understand the world of Jesus, Paul, and the early church — even if those books are not used to establish doctrine.

This clip is taken from a full episode of Ask N.T. Wright Anything, where Tom Wright answers listener questions about Jesus, the Bible, theology, and Christian life.

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